dailydatewithgod

For some reason our minds have this incredible capability to cause us to imagine possible futures.  It is unique to humans and part of what differentiates us from other animals.  Like most things it is a gift and a curse.  It allows us to be creative and imagine great and beautiful things.  It also affords us the opportunity to conjure up the worst case scenario.  We all know the scenario telling us it will be terrible,  we will mess up irreversibly, and it will be too hard.  This causes us to be cautious before embarking on new things, turn up our awareness, and think things through before jumping in.  Those are the positive elements.  The down side is when we focus on the worst case scenario we can convince ourselves to never get started.  We are reluctant to give things a try.  Facing those fears seems like an impossible task. The funny part is the facing part is just that.  It is a facade.  What we are really facing is the outer layer.  When we take a breath and despite our fear move in the direction of it, the facing of it fades away.  How many times has the worst case scenario ever happened?  I honestly cannot think of one time and if it did it must have not been as bad as I thought the worst case could be because I survived it.  Having courage means being willing to connect with our heart when we take a breath before we move into action.  Without fear there is no courage.  Fear shows us we are about to realize for ourselves the power of our own hearts.  We will see the facing of the experience, recognize the fear, take a breath, and move forward and see the fear fall away like the strands of a dandelion in the wind.  Our first step is remembering God is here to draw our  hand to our heart and remind us we can begin facing with just a breath.